What We Do

We are partnering with our regional businesses and organizations to increase internship
and co-op opportunities for our students. This allows our students to apply and extend
what they have learned at Shawnee State to gain real-world experience for their resumes.
Consequently, they receive a well balanced education that prepares them for the workplace
and introduces them to occupations and work places that otherwise might not have been
considered as career options.

We are partnering with our regional businesses and organizations to provide needed
training and commercial services both on and off campus. Local companies work with
our faculty members and students to conduct experimental research on campus. In the
coming months, our new mobile training unit, made possible by a grant through the Ohio Department of Education's RAPIDS program, will become available to provide area businesses with additive manufacturing services
as well as programmable logic controller (PLC) training.

Entrepreneurship: We are working to encourage the creation of new business in our community.

Shawnee State University will be a leader in regional entrepreneurship when our new
Innovation Accelerator opens on Chillicothe Street in downtown Portsmouth. Students,
faculty mentors, business leaders and community members will meet here to research,
collaborate and develop team-building and leadership skills to support local entrepreneurs.
Sign up HERE to receive updates about the Kricker Innovation Hub and to get more information about
upcoming entrepreneurship activities at Shawnee State University.

We are a Member of NACCE

Shawnee State University belongs to the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). This is a member organization of over 300 community colleges representing nearly
2,000 staff. Presidents, educators, administrators and center directors are focused
on inciting entrepreneurship in their community and on their campus.

NACCE has two main goals:

Empower the college to approach the business of leading a community college with an
entrepreneurial mindset; and

Grow the community college's role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in
their local ecosystem.

We are a Member of SSTI

As the most comprehensive resource available for those involved in technology-based
economic development, SSTI offers the services that are needed to help build tech-based
economies. They strive to maximize the capacity of our members to deliver successful
outcomes within the context of the complex innovation communities in which they participate.

Since its inception in 1996, SSTI has developed a nationwide network of practitioners
and policymakers dedicated to improving the economy through science, technology, innovation
and entrepreneurship. To best assist nurturing more vibrant economies, SSTI conducts
research on common performance standards, identifies best practices, analyzes trends
in and policies affecting tech-based economic development, and fosters greater cooperation
among and between all public, private and nonprofit organizations encouraging prosperity.

Shawnee State University uses Purple Briefcase to operate SSU Career Connections,
our main means of sharing job and internship opportunities with our students and alumni.
If you are a regional employer who has not yet connected and you would like to join,
please contact the Workforce Development office at Shawnee State at (740) 351-3322
or email aduduit@shawnee.edu. This network will allow you to post jobs and internships,
request on-campus interviews/recruitment times, register for career fairs and other
events and search for qualified student candidates. Contact us today!

Location

Massie Hall, B50. Enter the back door of Massie Hall on the ground floor, and our
office is located on your left.